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Thursday, September 10, 2009
7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
David H. Adams, Steven F. Bolling, Robert O. Bonow and Howard C. Herrmann
7:45 a.m. Anatomy, Imaging and Function
Moderators: Randolph P. Martin and D. Craig Miller

The Mitral Valve by 2D Echo
Randolph P. Martin

The Mitral Valve by 3D Echo
Lissa Sugeng

The Mitral and Tricuspid Valve from the OR
David H. Adams

CT/MRI: How Can It Help?
Mani Vannan
8:45 a.m. Case Presentations: Different Clinical Scenarios of Mitral Valve Disease
Panel: Drs. Adams, Carabello, Sugeng and Vannan
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Moderators: David H. Adams and Blase A. Carabello

Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: When to Operate
Robert O. Bonow

Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Who Should Operate
David H. Adams

Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic/Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy
D. Craig Miller

Will Percutaneous Therapy Work?
Howard C. Herrmann
11:00 a.m. Case Presentations: What Would You Do?
Panel: Drs. Bolling, Bonow, Herrmann and Miller
11:30 a.m. Honored Lecture: Valvular Heart Disease: The Past, the Present and the Future
Eugene Braunwald
(Introduction by Robert O. Bonow)
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. Physician Breakout Session: Echo Session: Advanced Cardiac Valve Imaging
Moderator: Randolph P. Martin
Panel: Drs. Borer, Carabello, Sugeng and Vannan

Surgical and Interventional Video Session: Complex Mitral Repair, Aortic Valve Sparing and Transcatheter Valve Implantation
Moderator: David H. Adams
Panel: Drs. Anyanwu, Bolling and Herrmann

Nursing and Physician Assistant Breakout Sessions: Caring for the Patient with Valvular Heart Disease
Moderator: Michele Langenfeld

Anxiety in the Patient with Valvular Heart Disease
Gail M. Osterman

Pregnancy and Valvular Heart Disease: Preconception Counseling
Deborah Jefferson

Peri-operative Care of Patients with Mitral Valve Disease
Catherine Bingham

Transitioning Care from a Pediatric Hospital to an Adult Care Practice
Hyde Russell

When to Use a VAD in the Patient with Valve Disease
Anelechi Anyanwu
2:45 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Case-based Clinical Decision Making I
Moderators: Steven F. Bolling and Randolph P. Martin

Acute Endocarditis, Embolic Stroke
Anelechi Anyanwu

Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy Severe MR, EF 30%, Class II
Steven F. Bolling

Acute MI, Moderate to Severe MR, EF 40%, Class II
Howard C. Herrmann

Thrombosed Mechanical Valve: Now What?
Blase A. Carabello

The Repaired Mitral Valve Leaks: Now What?
David H. Adams

Audience: Challenge the Experts
Panel: Drs. Anyanwu, Carabello and Herrmann
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
 
Friday, September 11, 2009
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. Anatomy, Imaging and Function
Moderators: Tirone E. David and Randolph P. Martin

The Aortic Valve/Aorta from the OR
Joseph S. Coselli

The Aortic Valve/Aorta by Echo
Roberto M. Lang

The Aortic Valve/Aorta by CT/MRI
Mani Vannan

Aortic Valve Disease: Functional Testing
Jeffrey S. Borer

Outflow Track Obstruction: Alcohol or Surgery
Maurice Buchbinder
9:00 a.m. Case Presentations: Different Clinical Scenarios of Aortic Valve Disease
Panel: Drs. Borer, Buchbinder, Coselli, Lang and Vannan
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Aortic Valve Stenosis
Moderator: Robert O. Bonow and Joseph S. Coselli

Aortic Stenosis: Behind the Guidelines
Robert O. Bonow

Low Gradient Low Flow Aortic Stenosis
Blase A. Carabello

Real World High-risk Aortic Stenosis
Craig R. Smith

Is There Still a Role for BAV?
Maurice Buchbinder
11:00 a.m. Case Presentations: What Would You Do?
Panel: Drs. Buchbinder, Carabello and Smith
11:30 a.m. Percutaneous Aortic Valve Update
Moderator: David H. Adams

It’s Over
Howard C. Herrmann

Not So Fast
Craig R. Smith

Reality Check
Julie A. Swain
12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Coselli, Herrmann, Smith and Swain
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Decision Making: Where Management Guidelines Don’t Go
Moderator: Randolph P. Martin
Panel: Drs. Adams, Bonow, Borer and Carabello

Surgical Video Session: Complex Mitral Repair and Aortic Root Surgery
Moderator: Tirone E. David
Panel: Drs. Anyanwu, Bolling, Coselli and Stewart
2:45 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Special Lecture: Aortic Valve Sparing: History, Techniques and Outcomes
Tirone E. David
(Introduction by David H. Adams)
3:45 p.m. Case-based Clinical Decision Making II
Moderators: Robert O. Bonow and Patrick M. McCarthy

Bio-Bentall or Mechanical Valve Conduit?
Allan S. Stewart

Asymptomatic Very Severe AS-Surgery
Blase A. Carabello

Patient Prosthesis Mismatch: Fact or Fiction
Anelechi Anyanwu

Percutaneous Paravalvular Leaks
Maurice Buchbinder

The 4.5 cm Aortic Root
Joseph S. Coselli
5:00 p.m. Audience: Challenge the Experts
Panel: Drs. Anyanwu, Buchbinder, Carabello, Coselli and Stewart
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
 
Saturday, September 12, 2009
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. Mitral Stenosis and Tricuspid Regurgitation
Moderators: Roberto M. Lang and Patrick M. McCarthy

Echo Scoring Systems
Roberto M. Lang

Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Therapy: When and How
Howard C. Herrmann

Rheumatic Mitral Valve Repair
Anelechi Anyanwu

Will a Maze Procedure Work?
Patrick M. McCarthy

When to Add Tricuspid Valve Repair
Steven F. Bolling
9:00 a.m. Case Presentations: What Would You Do?
Panel: Drs. Anyanwu, Bolling and Herrmann
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Case-based Clinical Decision Making III
Moderators: David H. Adams and Robert O. Bonow

Temperature Management: Circulatory Arrest
Joseph S. Coselli

High Gradient after Aortic Valve Replacement
Blase A. Carabello

Concomitant Moderate AI: Repair, Replace or Ignore
Allan S. Stewart

Severe TR: When to Operate
Patrick M. McCarthy
11:00 a.m. Case Presentations
Panel: Carabello, Coselli, McCarthy and Stewart
11:15 a.m. The Asymptomatic Patient with Valvular Heart Disease
Moderator: Blasé A. Carabello

Special Lecture: The Asymptomatic Patient with Severe Valve Disease
Robert O. Bonow

Special Lecture: Why the Guidelines Don’t Go Far Enough
Steven F. Bolling
12:15 p.m. Meeting Summary
Robert O. Bonow
12:30 p.m. Adjournment

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